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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-10
Conaemnas,On Proceedtnzs.

Last Friday the committee consist
ing of Ed Borton, w. S. Jay and Van
r. Holmes, who were appointed to
condemn the site for the new water
works, completed their labors and
handed in their report to the county
clerk. Following is a condensed re-
port of the condemnation:
To F. E. Smith for forty acres, on
which the reservoirs are to be located,
81 200.
To Lewis Laborn for the Armor
mill site, dam, mill rights, etc., s., 500.
To owners of land along the right of
way, 1926.
John Hammond, a land owner
along the Neosho river, has fled a pc
tition for 5000 damages from the
building of the new water works, and
Lewis LabOrn has filed an appeal from
the decision of the condemnation COM
mittee.
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An Unfortunate occurrence.

Abont eight years ago, writes cor
respondent of the Boston Herald, had
apartments in house kept by Ger
man lady of good family, but reduced
financial status, living here in New
York. The lady of the house had two
daughters, who were somewhere be-
tween Is and - years of age. Both of
them were pretty children. and one of
them astonished the neighbors, as well
as her parents, one fine day by running
off with rich mans SON and becOm-
ing his wife. The other stuck to the
family circle, and still lives with her
mother | had not seen her in all the
long interval between that time and
this, until one afternoon a month or so
ago tail, handsome young lady, of
stately carriage and generally striking
appearance, walked into my Office, and
placed her visiting-card upon my desk.
The little girl had grown to woman
hood. and to very beautiful woman
hood at that. ] talked with her for
some time, and finally learned that she
had come. with some more or less
vague notion of my wisdom and saga
city, TO ask advice in regard to the
question that sooner or later agitates
us all. She said: There is an old
gentleman who is very much in love
with me. He has Il great deal of
money, and he would make me his
wife tomorrow. He Is a man of Gull
tivation and refinement, and his home
is almost palace. There is another
man who is much younger than this
one have. mentioned. and he, too,
lOunc He i, iflaX- lint ho
has something of business position,
and his prospects are very good
Naturally you prefer the younger
man." 1 interjected-
NATURALLY. At the same time the
circumstances of my family are not
what they should be, although we live
comfortable enough The question
that troubles me most is as to whether
it is not my duty to marry for the adj
vantage of my parents, who have
taken good care of me, and for whom
could certainly afford To make
some sacrifice
am rather afraid that the advice
i gave the young lady was somewhat
unromantic and cynical. 1t was to the
effect that she had better become the
old mans darling, mainly for the rea-
son that he would probably die in the
course of a few years, in which case
she would, by reason of her fortune
thus acquired, become all the more
charming in the eyes of the more
youthful, but financially the less solid,
lover. The young lady said she was
much obliged. and went away. l didn't
see her again until to-day, when she
once more came into the office and sat
down at the end of my desk.
II shall have more confidence in
your advice hereafter" she said. with
demure expression of countcnance
that was somewhat amusing.
why, ! asked. Have you con-
cluded to marry the old millionaire?'
'sNo,' she responded. The fact of
the matter is that he died last week
Unfortunate, wasn't it?''
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-10

AS THERE is misapprehension in
regard to the Woman's Suffrage bill
that passed the Kansas senate, we
publish the act as published by the
Hiawatha World:
An act in relation to the eligibility of
women to hold Office, being an act to
authorize the election of women to
school offices, and also to offices in
cities of the first, second and third
class.
BE it Enacted by the Legislature of the State
of Kansas:
Section /. That women, married or
single, of the age of twenty-one years
or over, and possessing the qualifica-
lions prescribed for men, shall be eli
gibie to any Office under the general OF
special school laws of this state, and
also to hold Office in cities of the first,
second or third class, under any gen.
eral or special laws of such cities, and
any woman possessing the qualihca-
tions of a voter, under this act, shall
also be eligible to any such city OF
school office.
Sec. 2. That any woman elected 'ol
appointed to any Office under the pro-
visions of this act, before she enters
upon the discharge of the duties of the
office, shall qualify and give bond as
required by law, and such bond shall
be binding upon her and her sure
ties.
Sec. 8. This act shall be in force
and effect from and after its publica-
ton in the official state paper.
If this is correct, it gives women nc
right to vote, but only to hold Office
under certain state school laws and
certain municipal laws of cities of the
first, second and THIRD classes.
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The ride win rurn.


Tire skipper stood on she windy pier.
%, maie.' he saii. "eet every sails
For love is sweet IL true Sne dcar,
But hitter is love II low; must faii.
"Nd hurry. skipper. 10 put TN STA;
The wind IS foul aud the water low;
But tae tide will iurn If You wait a wee.
And youth get Yes where you got No.
The skipper tUrTled again WITH smile,
Ard Ge found bis love in q Setter moods
Eor ene had bad time 10 think the while:
u shall 1ind ten WORSE for one as ROoo
So the tide had turned and he got Yea
The sails were filled Gzd the wind WHs lair.
Don't limit the pleasant words. pray;
They are for everyone everywhere.
The tide will turn If you wait wee.
And goods not lost IL but deferreds
Surprising your plans have gone a-gley,
ID sat fec away like fiignted bird.
Bay thar yeii We naked q favor in vain.
To-n"rrow may be better day.
Tie tile of fortune Wtll'turn again.
And you'll get Yes" where you got Nay
The tide will turn IL the thing you mind
Is worth the waiting and worth the cost;
II you seek and sock until you find.
Then your labor-SFi1 never be lost
For wal ing is often working you see,
And though the water may now be low
The tide viii turn IL you hide wee,
And you'll get Yes where you got mo-
-Harper's Weekly.
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Tine Nance orWomen.

Give your daughter but one name in
baptism. She will be perfectly content
with it. Her lover never requires, new
er uses, moro than one of her names if
she has half dozen. In the height of
his tenderness he never exciaims:
Amelia Jane, come to my armsT' He
simply extends his arms and cries:
'.Ameliair When the girl marries let
her always keep her surname. Then
whenever we see woman's name we
shall know whether she is married or
single, and il she is married we shall
know what her family name is. Ii she
has earned n reputation as a writer or a
doctor or IL ID. as Mary Brown she
will carry that with her as Mary Brown
johnson; aud in all cases there win be
spared an infinite amount of talk and
inquiry as to who she was before she
was married. The system is essential
to the cause of woman. It may be
said that it lacks perfection in two re-
spects; we could not tell from the three
names whether the bearer of them might
not be- widow, and il makes no pro-
vision for second marriage. These
are delicate questions. In regard to
the first il is nobody's business to know
whether the woman is or is not wild
ow, unless she chooses to make that fact
prominent, and then she has ways
enough TO emphasize it. And in the
second place. il does not at all matter
what becomes of the name of the first
husband. Il is the woman's identity
that is to be preserved And she can
not be required to set up mIles;ones all
along her life.-NesU Orleans states.
A yoan man haa his girl out car.
r1agc riding the other evening, and
the horse took fright and ran away.
In turning q corueR the vehicle over
turned. and the young lady was pinned
to the earIh. and the body of the ear
riage lying heavily across her waist
She was rendered unconscious When
she MAS released from her perilous
situation she slowly opened her eyes as
consciousness returned. and family
kaSpesi. don t-squeeze- me quite
so-hard-next time = John" -ALsr
eAnast 1rcysler.
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Advantages of Manual Training.

1t Is true that more attention is now
given to drawing in some schools; and
this is certainly q matter of very great
Importance, but some changes must be
made in the Code before that develop
ment can be made which we should all
wish to see. Manual work in boys
schools seems TO be exactly parallel
with. and in every way analogous TO,
that of necdlework in girls schools, and
am inclined to agree with SIR P. Mag
nus that the value of the one kind of
teaching should be as fully recognized
and assisted BY the State as that of the
other. Why could they not introduce
carpentering or something of that sort.
which would exercise the hands Of the
boys as well as their heads? i have my
self tried an experiment in small way
in the matter of cobblery, and although
the boys did not make such progress as
to be able to make their own boots, they
no doubt learned enough to DO able to
mend them.
The Introduction of manual work in
to our schools is important. not merely
from the advantage which would result
to health. not merely from the training
of the hand as an instrument, but also
from its effect on the mind itself
do not. indeed, suppose that except
in some special districts, we can intro
duce what IS known as the ''haif-time"
system. in the sense that the children will
do ordinary work for wages, though Mr.
Arnold tells us in his ..Report on Ger
tain Points connected with Elementary
Education in Germany. Switzerland,
AID France" that in Prussia '.the rural
population greatly prefer the halliday
bchool. as il is called. for ali the chill
dreu, because they have the elder chill
rem at their disposal for hSlf the day"
! do not. confess, see wET a system
so popular in Germany should be im-
possible in England; but what seems
more Immediately feasible is that our
boys should be trained to use their
hands as well as their heads. The alb
sence of any such instruction Is one Of
the great defects in our present system
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-10

Quail have multiplied so in Califor-
mia that they are a nuisance. When
the game law was being discussed in
the assembly the other day Assembly
man Young said that there twas a
revolution in his county (San Diego)
against quail, which came down in
swarms upon vineyards and destroy
them. Owners of vineyards have per-
SONS employed to do nothing else than
kill these birds, which he declared
have become an intolerable nuisance
in his county. lie recited an instance
where a swarm of these quails ate up
the pasturage that cattle fed upon.
His constituents demanded that a
remedy be provided. The bill was so
amended that quail may be killed be-
tween March and September 10,
while during the grape season they
may be also trapped.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-10
Another Railroad Proposition Mutu-
ally Agreed Upon,
To Run from Americas to Emporla
and Further South.
The New and Old Propositions to be
Voted on together,
And Emparia and Other Parts of the
County Satisfied,
Thus Making a Certainty of Both
Propositions Carrying.

A conference of committees from
various portions of Lyon county was
held yesterday afternoon in this city,
to which Mr.. Long, representing the
Kansas, Colorado s. Texas road, sub
mitted proposition to construct a
line of his road through the county of
Lyon from Americas on the north to
and through Emporia and on to the
south line of the county, and from
thence south to and through the
state.
The proposition contemplates con-
Meeting at Americas with the main
southwestern line, which is to run
through that place. The company ask
So, 600 each for such number of miles
as may be constructed in Lyon county,
and the joint committees were unani-
nous in accepting the offer.
This proposition virtually makes the
interests of Americas, Admire and the
north portion of the county identical
with that of Emporia, and, as all are
pledged to do their utmost in behalf of
both the Missouri, Kansas s. South
western and the Kansas, Colorado s.
Texas roads, the prospects looked to
heretofore with so much of hope, may
now be classed among what may be
called .certainties, as near as we ever
have them in this world before the
certainties become accomplished facts.
Petitions will at once be circulated
TOI- tho sinrY1 fT1rne
and both propositions, it is agreed up
on, are to be submitted to vote of our
people at the same time, and thus, at
one election, we will be assured of viz
tually three new outlets and inlets to
and from the east, as well as two more
lines south and west.
The people Of, not only Emporia.
and the northern portion of Lyon
comfy, but all the inhabitants of the
entire county are to be congratulated
upon the mutually amicable agreement
as there is not an acre within the linn
it's of our county which will not be in
creased in value should these roads
come in, and there is not farmer OF
merchant that will not be more or less
benefited thereby.
The construction of three more roads
into Lyon comfy will add, within g
year after their completion, eight OF
ten millions more to her taxable re-
turns as county, and any man who
needs spectacles or magnifying glass
to see direct benefit in that to every
quarter section of land in the county
needs to return again to his school
/ books.
The man who owns a farm in this
county when these roads shall be built
will be the owner of valuable piece
of land, no matter in what quarter il
may be located and for this reason, il
no other, all should unite with Empo
ria to push the propositions to favor
able issue.
There are tangible opportunities that
are placed before US, and we should
not allow them to evade our grasp
The citizens of Neosho Rapids, Hart
ford and Reading should unite witt
us, and in doing so they may feel as
sured that when the time comes fol
them-and projects are even now OF
foot-they will receive the hearty co
operation of Emporia.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-10

An exchange gives the following re-
ceipt for building up and sustaining a
good town: Grit, push, snap, vim, en-
ergy, churches, schools, colleges, NOR
atty enterprise, harmony, advertising,
cordially, cheap property, healthy To-
cation, good country tributary. Talk
about it; speak well of it; help to i'm
prove it, Avertise in and read the
town papers. Patronize its merchants.
Faith exhibited by good works. Hon
est competition in business. Help all
public enterprises. Elect good men to
Office; speak well Of its enterprising
citizens, and be one of them Yourself.
Remember that every dollar invested
in permanent improvements is that
much on interest. Always cheer on
he men who go in for improvements. ;,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-10

THE following from an Atchison ex-
change hits the nail on the head. So
far as we know, however, there are
none of the class spoken of in the last
paragraph in this city. If there be.
our advice to them is to go into hole
and pull the hole in after them, as the
time for foolishness has gone by, and
those who stand in the way of the
chariot of progress are likely to get
run over:
Every acre of land in Atchison
county is worth, to-day, more than
double the value it would possess il
Atchison city was not where it is. II
Atchison city prospers and grows, ev.
cry acre of land in the county will con
tinue to advance in value; if AtchisoI
city languishes, every acre of land in
the county will suffer by it's decline.
Yet here are persons malicious, jeal
Gus, vicious and INSCRIPTIONS, shall
low Drained and stupid, who are at
tempting to array the county against
the city, and thus provoke feuds anC
discussions which will injure the in
tereStS of all.
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BASE Ball.

A large number OF citizens and bust
ness men assembled at the Office of the
Emporia Land and Loan company last
Monday for the purpose of organizing a
new base ball association for the
coming season. The meeting was
success, and much enthusiasm
prevailed. The following directors
were elected: Harmon Harrison, w.
D. Brewer, C. A. Leighton, Ed Fuller,
]. n. Griffith. Theo w. Kitchen, B. F.
Wheldon, Il. P. Clark, C. w. Cleaver,
R. J. Bootey, E. NJ. Peries, 6. w. Bra
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PubIie Sals.
TUESDAY. FEB. %. 1857.

will sell at my farm, seven miles
northeast of Americas, on Allen
creek, on
TUESDAY, FEB. y, 1887,
commencing at 10 a. m, the following
property, to-wit: Fifteen head of
good mich cows, most of them to be
fresh soon; three head of two-year-old
steers; four head of yearling steers;
three head of two-year-old heifers; ten
head of yearling heifers; One-haif
Norman stallion, seven years old; ons
span of good work horses; one four
year-old mare; four two-year-old colts;
two yearIing colts; five hundred bushels
of corn in the crib; one hundred and
fifty shocks of corn; ten tons of hay;
one lumber wagon; one spring wagon;
one lister; two culIivators; two stir
ring plows; one harrow; one suIky hay
rake; two sets of double harness, and
other articles too numerous to men
ton.
TERMs:-On all sums over $500,
credit of one year will be given with
interest at 10 per cent, on bankable
paper. Five per cent. of for cash.
Free lunch.
HENRY w. SAUNDERS.
L. F. PRUYN, Auctioneer.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-10

THE Chicago ne.ald dominates the
Hon. John James Ingalls,, of Kansas,
to be the republican candidate for
president in 1888. This nomination
may not be ratified by the republican
national convention, but the truth
cannot be disputed that Mr.. Ingalls,
stands in the very first rank among
the public men of the United States
New York Sun.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-10

COMMISSIONER SPARKS of the land
Office has done one thing to commend
him to popular respect. Congressman
Foran went to his Office and Extensively
demanded that Mr. Sparks should dis
miss competent republican to make
IA place for one of Foran's democratic
constituents. Whereupon Sparks told
Foran to ''get out right away" or he
would nut him out.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-10

THE number of union soldiers can
tured by the confederates during the
war was 2l2,60S. The number of con-
federate prisoners taken was 476, 1859.
The number of union soldiers who
died while prisoners was 29,725; of
confederates, 26,774. The total num-
Der of graves in the national ceme-
teries is Sl5,555, of which only 172, 400
have been identified.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-10

WHEN it came to the question of re-
engaging certain pretty school
teacher in Northumberland county,
Canada, some of the trustees objected,
saying that she had so many admirers
that they interfered with her duties.
So they drew up an agreement to the
effect that she should not keep COM
pany during the coming year with any
young men during school hours. Upon
her refusal to sign this it was decided
to leave it to vote of the meeting as
to whether she should stay or not. A
show of hands was taken and it re-
suited in tie, when the chairman,
being young man, gave the casting
vote in her favor.
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AmRRrcus NRWs.

FEB. 5.-W. II. Anderson is expected
TO return from Kansas City to-day.
We violate no confidence when we
mention the fact that Mr.. Anderson
has sent telegram announcing that
Mr.. Long will positively submit a
proposition to the committee on next
Monday, the 7th inst, in regard to
what is known as the Winfield branch
of the Kansas, Colorado s. Texas, and
we hope to see ali differences between
localities amicably settled, when the
various propositions will be early car
ried, and Lyon county will enjoy the
most prosperous boom that has ever
struck the borders of the county.
VIM. Myers has sold his residence in
town to Miss Nellie E. Conklin.
Americas people are becoming deep
ly interested in the various railroad
propositions.
The boom has already struck Ameri-
Gus and real estate has doubled in
price within the last sixty days.
BURLOw
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A CARGO of Australian rabbits is on
its way to these shores. These ami
mails multiply with astonishing rapid
ity, and for this reason, once they get
a foothold in a country it is next to
impossible to get rid of them. They
have inflicted losses amounting to mil
lions of dollars on the farmers of Aus
tralia, and as private efforts to exter-
inmate them have proved abortive the
government has undertaken the task.
The rabbits are as much to be dreaded
as the small pox or cholera, and the
treasury department, whose attention
has been called to their shipment,
should see that they are not permitted
to enter any of our ports. We have
evils enough in this country without
importing any.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-10

THERE are 5000 feeble old soldiers
and sailors who do not receive PEN
sions, in almshouses of the United
States. Notwithstanding our boast
how much I'VE do for the soldiers, -
5000 men are dependent upon public
charity. This does not speak very
well for rich government and its
treatment of the men who gave the
best part of their lives to preserve it.
No honorably discharged soldier OF
sailor of this country should be allowed
to go to the poorhouse.
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A.M.oa,s.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. Q.
CAruB-Reeeipts, 1,aO: shipments, none;
market strong; choice natives, s4.400SO0;
HoGs-Receipts, sOOo: shipments, none;
market strong: butchers, efl30z55.40s packers,
e51006&6: workers., Sk000510.
weak and EcloWer; No. 2 red
cash. O04804 March, e01s May, 634GSaE.
CoRN-Aarket heavy; No. mixed cash, 641S
OAK: March, az; Nay, 50x.
oAzs-Aarket easy; No. 2mixed cash, ISL;
Nay, g.
PoRK-FIrm,eaa56
LAKD-Higher, eo5096-55.
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CHICAGO. Feb. 9.
HOas-Reoefpts, 1900; shipments, none;
narkeE active and SOLO higher light g .S60S2G;
rough packing, 4&5G5I0: mixed and heavy
packing and shipping, s5e565.45.
CkTTLE-Receipts, 1000: shipments, none:
market strong and 1Oc higher; beeves. 2.60B
A15: stockers and feeders, 25016.55.
WHEAT-M4rket weak and lower: cash
% l5-10s March, 49, May, S1S.
May, 20 SD
OArs-Narket lower: cash. Sls<s May. ee5<,
P0RK-Aarkef stronger: s13.bIsss
LARD-Aarket stT0Bgs 96e5.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-10

THE people and papers who tell us
the British can eat us up without salt
and pepper forget how near Canada is,
and fail to realize that we could or
ganize an army of colored men
alone large enough to overrun
and carry all the Kanucks,
and their country too. across
the st. Lawrence and deposit them in
the states. The long roll would
awaken such echoes as were not even
dreamed of during the late rebellion.
Even the one-legged veterans would
shoulder their crutehes and fight their
battles DER again if the red flag of
England should be Haunted in our
faces
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-10

THE probabilities are that mo
Mans Land will soon be organized
into a territory to be known as "Cim.
arron." y bill of that import is now
pending in congress, and the people OF
the territory will hold an election or
the 22d of February-Washington's
birthday-taking the initiatory step:
of organization.